Many Cuckoo-shrike spp do this wing-shuffle, including the species on
Bukit Fraser, Malaysia (Javan CS from memory).
John Leonard
2008/11/5 Jill Dening <>:
> If anyone is confused about the behaviour to which Graham referred, my
> friend captured it in her garden recently, and it is posted on her blog at
> the following address. The video is down the page a bit.
>
> http://sandystraitsandbeyond.blogspot.com/2008/09/birding-in-my-backyard.html
> Cheers,
>
> Jill
>
> Jill Dening
> Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
> 26° 51' 41"S 152° 56' 00"E
>
> Rob Geraghty wrote:
>
> --- On Tue, 11/4/08, Graham Goodman <> wrote:
>
>
> Last week (30 October) Shirley and I saw four black-faced
> cuckoo shrikes in a tree near our home in Alice Springs.
> The birds were excited, making plenty of noise and moving
> about. They all appeared to be engaged in some
> kind of display behaviour which involved extending their
> necks and making a moderately harsh cawing noise. The
> striking feature of the behaviour that all four birds
> showed was the flapping of alternate wings about four
> times each, which we saw repeated a number of times.
>
>
> Hi Graham,
> Black faced Cuckoo-Shrikes normally flip their wings when they land. Other
> birds have particular habits when they land such as Crested Pigeons flipping
> their tails. But the behaviour you describe sounds a bit more complicated.
> Maybe it's a courtship ritual? I saw a pair of Black Swans a week ago
> swimming back and forth in a fixed pose, mirroring each other's motion.
> Luckily I even got a clip of video. I'm pretty sure that this is a
> courtship ritual. Maybe you had a glimpse of the secret life of
> Cuckoo-Shrikes? :)
> Rob
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